Something a bit unusual happened at the installation of the 2016–2017 president of the Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (IASFAA) this year. On April 8, the gavel passed from the outgoing president to the new president, but the gavel did not travel from one Iowa school to another—it remained at Drake University’s Office of Student Financial Planning (OSFP). Kristi Fuller, assistant director, Drake OSFP and 2015–2016 IASFAA president, installed Chris Ditter, associate director, Drake OSFP, as 2016–2017 IASFAA President.

Kristi and Chris continue a long tradition of Drake leadership in IASFAA. Both Susan Ladd, director of the Office of Student Financial Planning, and former director John Parker served as IASFAA presidents.

—Susan Ladd